Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
It is panoramic – a wonderful conspectus of the 19th century. It was a novel that established the British century
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“This was Thackeray’s first major novel … It is panoramic – a wonderful conspectus of the 19th century.” Read more...
John Sutherland, Literary Scholar
“Vanity Fair is another historical novel and a tremendous saga. I would call it the Whig version of the Regency. It is the tale of an adventuress abroad in a land where quick fortunes and metropolitan vices are very much in evidence. It is fantastically good humoured. I suppose it is the way that a liberal Victorian would look back on that time.” Read more...
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